A 22-year-old man was killed Thursday in a head-on crash involving a driver possibly under the influence on state Route 56.

The westbound lanes of the highway were shut down after the 9:45 a.m. collision at Black Mountain Road, the California Highway Patrol said.

The vehicles involved were a Land Rover and a Scion, said CHP Sgt. Brenda Hagerty.

Witnesses said the eastbound Land Rover crossed into the westbound lanes and struck the Scion. That driver died at the scene.

The 18-year-old San Diego man in the Land Rover was taken to a hospital with major injuries.

Possible charges are pending against the Land Rover driver, authorities said.

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One killed, one injured in 2-car crash in Otay Mesa

Otay Mesa

One woman died and a second woman was injured in a two-car collision on Coronado Avenue near 27th Street in Otay Mesa Thursday, San Diego police said.

The crash occurred about 8:40 a.m. when the eastbound driver of a Ford Contour veered into the wrong lane and crashed head-on into a black Toyota Camry, police Lt. Kevin Mayer said.

The Contour was knocked onto its roof, trapping the 29-year-old driver. An officer crawled into the wreckage and used his knife to cut the woman’s seat belt, but she was declared dead, Mayer said.

The officer cut his hand on a window shard and was taken to a hospital for stitches, Mayer said.

The Camry driver, a 31-year-old woman, was taken to a hospital with minor injuries, Mayer said.

Investigators are still trying to determine why the Contour was in the wrong lane. The woman was not believed to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol, Mayer said.

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Manhunt on for suspect in sexual assault attempt

San Diego

Police are searching for a man with a thick mustache who tried to sexually assault a woman on a pedestrian bridge in North Park Tuesday, authorities said.

The 61-year-old victim was on the ramp from University Avenue to the Georgia Street bridge about 10:15 a.m. when the man attacked, San Diego police Lt. Chuck Kaye said Thursday. He wrapped his arms around her, pinning her own arms to her chest.

The woman screamed and was able to fight him off and run away, Kaye said.

The attacker was described as Latino, 35 to 40 years old, with a ruddy complexion, wiry build, 5 feet 9 inches tall, 160 pounds, with short, black hair.